Barcelona and Dutch legend Johan Cruyff dies at 68 after battling cancer

Barcelona and Dutch legend Johan Cruyff has passed away this afternoon March 24th after battling cancer for years.

The late Johan Cruyff was voted world player of the year three times, and guided Holland to the World Cup final in 1974.

As a manager he spent eight years in charge of Barcelona. He is responsible for initiating the possession based 'tiki taka' football and 'total football' currently played by Barcelona and a lot of top football clubs today. He also played for Barcelona and Ajax during his career.

He also has popular coaches Jose Mourinho, Louis Van Gaal and Pep Guardiola as his proteges.

As a player Cruyff scored 392 times in 520 games . As a coach he had 242 victories in 387 matches, with 75 draws and 70 losses.

May his soul Rest In Peace. Amen!

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